More than sixty other British officers and NCOs died during their EA service of disease, accident, drowning and attacks by wild animals. Three former officers of the EA were killed in action or died on active service in Uganda, eighteen in the Second Boer War, about one hundred in World War One and two in World War Two.

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The Melik Society
202 Lambeth Road
London SE1 7JW

+44 (0)20 7928 8100
secretary@melik.org.uk

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The aim of the Melik Society is to advance public awareness of Anglo-Sudanese history in the period 1883-1956 through the restoration and preservation of the river gunboat Melik and the paddle steamer Bordein.